. Latter-day Saint biographical encyclopedia : a compilation of biographical sketches of prominent men and women in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. in 1844, was drivenfrom Illinois across the MississippiRiver and underwent many hardshipsduring the general exodus. Havingarrived on the Missouri River, he en-listed in the Mormon Battalion July 16, 1846, and in taking his departurefor California, he left a loving wifeand three small children and every-thing that was dear to him. He neversaw his wife again, as she died atCouncil Bluffs, a victim to the manyhardships to which she wa
. Latter-day Saint biographical encyclopedia : a compilation of biographical sketches of prominent men and women in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. in 1844, was drivenfrom Illinois across the MississippiRiver and underwent many hardshipsduring the general exodus. Havingarrived on the Missouri River, he en-listed in the Mormon Battalion July 16, 1846, and in taking his departurefor California, he left a loving wifeand three small children and every-thing that was dear to him. He neversaw his wife again, as she died atCouncil Bluffs, a victim to the manyhardships to which she was three small children were broughtto the Valley in the emigration of1847, and after Bro. Campbells dis-charge from the Battalion, he joinedthem in Utah in 1848. He located andhelped to settle North Ogden, where he resided until the time of his death,which occurred there Nov. 24, Campbell died, as he had lived,a faithful Latter-day Saint. CANNON, Sylvester Quayle, Pre-siding Bishop of the Church since1925, was born June 10, 1877, in SaltLake City, Utah, a son of GeorgeQuayle Cannon and Elizabeth Hoag-land. He was the youngest of eleven. children born to this couple. When aninfant he was taken by his parents toWashington, D. C, where his fatherwas in Congress as a delegate fromUtah. His childhood was spent on theCannon Farm southwest of Salt LakeCity, where he attended a privateschool maintained by his father. From1889 to 1892 he attended the Latter-day Saints College, and, having quali-fied in stenography, he accompaniedhis father as secretary on a trip to theEastern States and England. In 1894-1895 he pursued special studies at theUniversity of Utah, and thereafter at-tended the Massachusetts Institute ofTechnology in Boston, Mass., for aperiod of four years, graduating there-from as a Bachelor of Science in June,1899, having majored in Mining Engin- BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA m eering and Metallurgy. In September,1899, Elder Cannon left home for amission
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